diff --git a/internal/services/rdb/database.go b/internal/services/rdb/database.go
index be7143705..8a2012307 100644
--- a/internal/services/rdb/database.go
+++ b/internal/services/rdb/database.go
@@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ func ResourceRdbDatabaseCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m an
 }
 
 func getDatabase(ctx context.Context, api *rdb.API, r scw.Region, instanceID, dbName string) (*rdb.Database, error) {
-	res, err := api.ListDatabases(&rdb.ListDatabasesRequest{
-		Region:     r,
-		InstanceID: instanceID,
-		Name:       &dbName,
-	}, scw.WithContext(ctx))
+	res, err := retryRDBReadOnTransient(ctx, api, r, instanceID, func() (*rdb.ListDatabasesResponse, error) {
+		return api.ListDatabases(&rdb.ListDatabasesRequest{
+			Region:     r,
+			InstanceID: instanceID,
+			Name:       &dbName,
+		}, scw.WithContext(ctx))
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/services/rdb/helpers.go b/internal/services/rdb/helpers.go
index 418a981bd..a19b9465a 100644
--- a/internal/services/rdb/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/services/rdb/helpers.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/scaleway/scaleway-sdk-go/scw"
 	"github.com/scaleway/terraform-provider-scaleway/v2/internal/locality/regional"
 	"github.com/scaleway/terraform-provider-scaleway/v2/internal/meta"
+	"github.com/scaleway/terraform-provider-scaleway/v2/internal/transport"
 	"github.com/scaleway/terraform-provider-scaleway/v2/internal/types"
 )
 
@@ -119,3 +120,14 @@ func LoadBalancerDiffSuppressFunc(k, oldValue, newValue string, d *schema.Resour
 
 	return false
 }
+
+// retryRDBReadOnTransient wraps a read action to handle transient_state (HTTP 409) by
+// waiting for the instance to be ready, then retrying the action.
+func retryRDBReadOnTransient[T any](ctx context.Context, api *rdb.API, region scw.Region, instanceID string, action func() (T, error)) (T, error) {
+	return transport.RetryOnTransientStateError(
+		action,
+		func() (*rdb.Instance, error) {
+			return waitForRDBInstance(ctx, api, region, instanceID, defaultInstanceTimeout)
+		},
+	)
+}